Means or apparatus for cleaning tinned plates.



M. L. JONES.

MEANS 0R APPARATUS FOR CLEANING TINNED PLATES.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I4, 1914.

1 ,162,070. Patnd Nov. 30, 1915.

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M. L. JONES. MEANS 0R APPARATUS FOR CLEANING TINNED PLATES. APPLICATIONHLED SEPT. 14. 19111.4

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To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MORGAN Lewis JONES, a subject of the King ofEngland, residing at 12 Green street, Neath, in theV county ofGlamorgan, South Vales, have invented certain new and usefulMeans orApparatus for Cleaning Tinned Plates, of which the' following is aspecification.

T his invention relates to the cleaning of the surfaces of tin platesafter the tinning operation, and has for its objects to provide means orapparatus whereby such cleaning may be rapidly effected in an automaticmanner, without liability of the plates bending or buckling; and so thatdust or the like from the granular or pulverulent substance used forcleaning is largely or wholly prevented from access to the atmosphere ofthe room in which the machine is being operated. 1

I will describe my invention with the aid of the accompanying sheet ofexplanatoryand more or less diagrammatic-drawings which illustrate, byway of example only, one mode of embodying same, the novel fea tures orcharacteristics being pointed out in the several claiming clausesconcluding this specification.

In said drawings Figure lis a side view, mainly in section, and Fig. 2 atransverse view, of the machine. Fig. 3 illu-strates a set of conveyerrolls or rollers and electromagnet, drawn to an enlarged scale ascompared with Figs. l and 2.

a indicates a machine frame or standard and Z) the bed-plate thereof, crepresents the lower and CZ the upper portion of a housing or casingsupported on said frame a.; and e, f, designate openings or slotsarranged in the respective end walls of said housing, through whichslots the plates enter and lea-ve the machine.

IIorizontally mounted on said bed-plate b are a plurality of sets ofplate conveyer disks, rolls or rollers g, each set of rollers beingarranged in parallel disposition between the pole pieces h of anelectro-magnet (i Fig. 3 denotes the magnet coil) but we may substitutepermanent magnets for said electromagnets. Said conveyer rollers g whichextend orzproject beyond the upper faces of said magnet poles h arecarried by shafts or spindles y' revolubly mounted in suitable bearingswithin said housing or casn ing, and the whole of the rollers aresimul-V ySpeccaton of LettersrPatent.

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Application led September 14, 1914. Serial No. 861,743,

taneously rotated by any suitable form Yof gearing which is, preferably,arranged at a side of the machine.. As illustrated, said conveyerrollers g are Aarranged in sets of three, but, obviously, the number ofrollers ini each set may vary according to the size and output requiredof the machine.

Between adjacent sets of rollers there are fitted distance or `iioorplates n and below lthe inverted or depending middle roller and magnetsets is Varranged a pocket or trough Z0 for the reception of cleaningsubstance, as bran, and inV which pocket a revoluble brush roller 0 isdisposed.

Z Z denote inclined brushing boards, the lower ends whereof are fittedwith felt or other suitable brushing materials Z1.

In use, bran in heaps p p being placed in the compartments m m of thehousing, and also in hopper Za, the machine is set in operation, therollers of the lower sets re-` volving in one direction, and those ofthe upper sets revolving in the opposite direction. The tinned plates nlto be cleaned von being fed to the machine are conveyed through same bysaid rollers to which they hold or adhere under the attractive iniiuenceof the magnets t'. The upper faces of the plates nl are brushed clear ofthe cleaning bran of heap p p by the inclined brush boards Z Z, and theunder faces are cleaned in passing over hopper or pocket Z1: the bran inwhich is agitated by the brush roller or rollers 0 revolving therein;the inverted or depending magnet sets assist in the conveyance of theplates when passing over said pocket Z0.

In the example illustrated the plates are horizontally fed to thecleaning machine by means of a rotary agitating device fr anda grid sthrough which the arms of the feeder pass. Such a device, however, isonly employed when the plates are delivered by hand to the cleaningmachine from the tin-V ning machine. VVhen the plates are delivered bymechanical means from the tinning machine it is merely necessary toprovide conveyer rollers and guides by means of which the plates passdirectly into the cleaning machine.

Having now described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. A machine for cleaning the surfacesV of tinned plates after thetinning operation,

Comprising a easing having openingsat opposite endsLa plurality lofsetsmof plate conveyer rollers in said casing, magnetsbelow therollers'and havngpole pieces between the rollers of each set and in aplane below the periphery` of Ysaid rollers, said casing having thebottom thereof provided with aV l of tinned plates after thetinning:operation,y

comprising a casing having openings at 0pposite ends, aplnralitypf setsofy plate conveyer rollers within said easing, magnetic pole pieces inproximity to the rollers of each seta-nd disposed in a horizontal planebelow the periphery of said rollers, said Aeasing having a` pockettherein adapted to contain a cleaning material, a revoluble brsh rollerin said pocket, brushing board in said casing.

' VIn testimonyv whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses. MORGAN LEVIS JONES.

.Witnesses: yC. LUDLoW LIVINGSTON, VVD. DEAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained yforve centseach,vbvyaddressing=the Commissioner of Patents,

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